4765-14-02
Determination of a trauma victim.

Emergency medical service personnel shall use the criteria in
this rule, consistent with their certification, to evaluate whether an injured
person qualifies as an adult trauma victim, geriatric trauma victim, or
pediatric trauma victim, in conjunction with the definition of trauma in
section 4765.01 of the Revised Code and
this chapter.

(A)
An adult trauma
victim is a person between the ages of sixteen and sixty-nine years of age
inclusive exhibiting one or more of the following physiologic or anatomic
conditions:

(D)
Emergency medical
service personnel shall also consider mechanism of injury and special
considerations, as taught in the EMT,
advanced EMT or paramedic curriculum, when evaluating whether an injured
person qualifies as a trauma victim.